International Cat Day: Woburn's Big Cats celebrate the special day!

As today is International Cat Day (August 8) the keepers at Woburn Safari Park treated the big cats at the Bedfordshire Park to some purr-fect enrichment. They had great fun creating some special fish and mouse-shaped cat toys, made from natural hessian sacks stuffed with Bactrian camel wool and conifer leaves to create tantalising scents, a little like catnip. ...

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Giant moth invasion at Whipsnade!

Keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s colourful Butterfly House wanted to see if the Atlas moths (Attacus atlas), one of the world’s largest moth species, could breed without any help from keepers, so they gave the goliaths a new home in the form of a large magnolia tree within their tropical biome, and replicated tropical weather conditions, in the hope it would encourage the species to breed....

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REVIEW: Stage Experience 2016: Fame the Musical at Milton Keynes Theatre

lives. Every cast member radiated sheer joy to be a part of the opening performance on Friday evening. Their enthusiasm was simply infectious. They lit up the auditorium with dazzling dance tricks; reached the high notes during all those unforgettable songs; and acted their hearts out to bring the trials and tribulations of the talented teens at New York City’s High School of Performing Arts to the stage....

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Tiddenfoot underfoot with the Milton Keynes Natural History Society

The Milton Keynes branch of the Natural History Society continue their al fresco meetings this week, with a visit to Tiddenfoot Wildlife Park....

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The Milton Keynes Ramblers: This week's walks

The Ramblers pound the streets again this week...but where are they off to?...

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Fancy holidaying at Copa Beach...in Milton Keynes?!

With the British summer holidays now in full swing, Copa Beach is back, for the seventh time, at thecentre:mk. One hundred tonnes of sand has been brought in-centre, and a carousel, candy floss, ice cream stand and deck chairs added to create Milton Keynes’s very own seaside resort. ...

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